Holder for drinking-glasses.



F. E. SANDBURG, (NOW BY IUDICIAL CHANGE 0F NAME F. E. SANBURN.)

HOLDER FOR DRINKING GLASSES.

APPLICATION FILED mu. 19. rsu.

Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

FREDERICK E. SANDBURG, (NOW BY .TUD

IOIAL CHANGE OF NAME FBEDEBIOK-E.

SANDBURNJ 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HOLDER FOR DRINKING-GLASSES.

Application led January 19 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fniinnmox E. SAND- BURG, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, 1n the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Imrovements in Holders for Drinkingl:(irlasses; and I do declare the followinfg to be a full, clear, and exact description o the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and fi res of reference marked thereon, which blrm a part of this specificatio This invention relates to a drinking. glass holder for dental use, proposing a device in the general nature of a bracket for holding the glass in an inverted position to avoi an deposit of dust on its interior surfaces.

'Ihe principal objects of the invention are to provide a simple and inexpensive glass holder of the type stated in which the glass is not liable to breakage, may be disinfected, and may be so held as to protect one or more tooth brushes or other dental implements for the support and disinfection of which convenient provision may be made by virtue of the special construction of the holder. With the a ove objects in view the holder is provided with means for holdin the glass upright and in a definite or invariable relation and with a disinfecting means Whose relation to the glass is in consequence of the definite position in which the glass is held and promotes the thorough disinfection of the glass and whose structure is ada ted to the support, within the glass, o tooth brushes or other implements which are disinfected at the same time as the glass.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved holder as in use;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the holder showing the disinfecting means in section;

Fi 3 is a detail sectional view on the line of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a detail elevation of a guard for Specicetion of Letters Patent.

curved spring plate Patented Aug. mi'. semi iro. 143,370.

positioning the holder;

Fig. 6 is a sectional slightly modified means.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The holder is convenientl wall or bracket and accor ingly is shown as pendant from an attachment head 1 although some other means of support may, of course, .be provided, if desired. The holder consists of a rod of metal, of suitable ga e, fashioned into the required shape; an its active part is in the form of a relatlvely long and narrow upright U, comprising a pair of parallel members 1 and 2 and a curved bow 3 connectin their lower ends.

lie spaclng of the mem ers 1 and 2 is selected whereby the cylindrical wall of the glralss may be readily inserted between them;

en thus inserted between the members 1 and 2, the member 2 is disposed within the glass and the member 1 without, the glass resting with its edge upon the bow 3. The member l is provided With a guard 4 whose function is to hold the glass upright and in a definite or invariable relation; and said guard preferably comprises a transversely disposed symmetrically of the member 1 to which it is rigidly secured and presenting its concave side toward the glass. The said sprin plate in fact provides a pair of wings located at opposite sides of the member l and which spring toward the glass and bear with frictional pressure thereon. By virtue of the guard 4 the glass will be held with practical security in a position wherein one of its diametrical planes will coincide with the common plane of the members 1 and 2. The member 2 is provided at its upper end with a gooseneck extension 5 terminating in a pendant vertical arm 6 which is located in an extension of the plane common to the members 1 and 2 and, Where the glass is of the size for which the holder is adapted, coincides or approximatel )coincides with the major central axis o -the glass.

he arm 6 carries the disinfecting means at its lower end. As shown and preferred the glass in definite relation to view illustratin a form of disinfecting attached to a said means comprises a container I for formaldehyde or some other suitable volatile disinfecting agent and a container 8 in which the container 7 is nested and which maintains a supply of unslaked lime and water or equivalent elements to chemically develop heat and promote the evaporation of the volatile disinfecting agent. The container 7 constitutes a top closure for the retainer 8 and is itself closed by a plate 9 threaded or otherwise detachably mounted on the lower end of the arm 6. The plate 9 is provided with a suitable number of apertures 10 for the escape of the vapor of the liquid disinfectant and is utilized to support the container 8 for which purpose it is provided with an annular la'n 11 having a sleeved relation to the contalner 8 and detachably connected thereto by baricnet locks 12 or equivalent means. he

late 9 has a marginal portion which pro- ]ects beyond the flan e 11 and is formed to provide a series of olders 13 for tooth brushes or other dental implements whereby the bristles of said brushes or the active parts of dental implements generally will beV supported above the will be subject to disinfecting means and the action of the vapor of the disinfecting liquid. The container 8 referably has lts bottom 14 removable and lield in position by bayonet locks '15 or equivalent devices. The removal of the bob tom 14 remotes convenience in cleaning out the lime, when slaked.

The plate 9 is held above the margin of the glass and is located centrally of the glass whereb the vapor of the liquid disinfectant wil circulate uniformly and with adequate strength over the exposed interior surfaces of the glass and over the activel parts of the imp ements in the holders 13 which said implements, being disposed within the glass, are at the same time protected against dust.

The heat developed by the slaking of the lime in the container 8 should have free access to the greater part of the external surfaces of the container 7 and for this purpose the container 7 may be conical, as shown in Fig. 2, or it may be cylindrical but of less diameter than the container 8, as shown in Fig. 6.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim is:

1. A holder for drinking glasses comprising a relatively long upri ht U shaped part having parallel members etween which the cylindrical part of the glass may be inserted with one of said members inside and the other outside of the glass, and means carried by one of said members to e the glass and hold it in a position wherem one of its diametrical planes coincides with the common plane of said parallel members.

2. A holder for drinking glasses comprisintende ing a relatively long upright U shaped part havin parallel members between which the cylin rical part of the glass may be inserted with one of said members inside and the other outside of the glass, and a guard carried by one of said members com risin a spring plate disposed transverse y an symmetrically of the member by which it is carried and engaging the outer face of the glass with frictional pressure.

3. A holder for drinking glasses comprising a relativel long upright U shaped part having paralle members between which the cylindrical part of the glass may be insorted, one of said members having a goose neck extension at its upper end, an arm pendant vertically from said extension and disposed to lie within the glass, and means supported at the lower end of said arm for maintaining a supplyof volatile disinfecting liquid.

4. A holder for drinking glasses comprising a relatively long upright U shaped part havin parallel members between which the cylin rical part of the Yglass may be insorted with one of said members inside and the other outside of the glass, means carried by one of said members to engage the glass and hold it in a position wherein one of its diametrical planes coincides with the common plane of said parallel members, and means carried by one of said members and disposed within the glass for maintaining a suppl of volatile disinfectin liquid.

5. holder for drinking g asses comprising a bracket-like fixture fashioned to support a drinking glass in an inverted position and provi e with a pendant arm arranged for dis osal within the glass and means provid at the lower end of said arm for maintaining a supply of volatile disinfecti li uid.

6. A hol er or drinking glasses comprising a bracket-like fixture fashioned to support a drinking lass in an inverted position and provi with a pendant arm for disposal within the glass, an apertured plate secured to the lower end of said arm and a receptacle for a volatile disinfecting liquid for which said plate provides a cover.

7. A holder for drinking glasses compris ing a bracket-like fixture fashioned to support a drinkin glass in an inverted position and provi ed with a pendant arm for disposal within the glass, an apertured plate secured to the lower end of said arm, a receptacle for a volatile disinfecting liquid for which said plate provides a cover, and a second receptacle in which said first receptacle is nested and which is supported by and pendant from said plate.

8. A holder for drinking glasses comprising a bracket-like fixture fashioned to support a drinking glass in an inverted position and provi e with a pendant arm for disposal within the glass, an apertured plate In testimony whereof I aix my signature secured lto ithe lowelr erlld Jf safid arm and t in presence of two witnesses. reoeptac e or a vo ati e isin ectn li ui for which said plate rovides a covger, (aid FREDERICK E' SANDBURG 6 plate having its margmal portion formed to Witnesses:

support tooth brushes or other dental m- SAMUEL W. TANNENBAUM, plements. ANNE E. CHAMPAGNE.

It is hereby cerbied that the name of the patentee in Letters Patent No. 1,276,419,

granted August. 20, 1918, for an improvement in Holders for Drinking-Glasses,"

was erroneously written and printed as "Frederick E. Snndburn," whereas said name should have been written and printed as Frederick E. Sanburn; and that the said Letters Patent. should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the ease in the Patent Office.

Signed and seaed this th dny of Uetober, A. D., 1918.

[SEAL] R. F. WHITEHEAD,

Acting Commissioner of Paten-s. Cl. 167-3. 

